“A what?” the customer service agent asks.
“A pie tin,” I respond. I find myself making hand gestures normally reserved for countries where I do not speak the local language natively.
A few seconds pass before I am directed to an aisle that contains flat metal dishes, each about the size of a tea saucer. Alas, they will not do for a pie.
Of all the things that I have found difficult to acquire here, pie tins have surprised me the most. Surely people bake pies in this country! In fact, I know they do, and yet pie tins were not forthcoming. Fortunately for our Canadian Thanksgiving celebration happening later that day (a couple of Sundays ago), I was able to find, after checking every home shop and department store at the mall, a couple of cake dishes that were approximately the same size and shape as a pie tin, but with vertical (as opposed to slanted) edges.
Canadian Thanksgiving was, in all, a great success. We had about 20 people, and we’re looking to follow it up with a great American edition on the 22nd of November. Now, if only I can find some cranberries!
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